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Duolingo is hiring an Engineering Director, Social to lead a team within the Social Area focused on enhancing user motivation through social features. The role involves overseeing strategy, project management, and technical direction while fostering team growth and collaboration.

Highlights

Lead engineering teams in the Social Area within Duolingo's user growth organization.
Develop new social features and improve existing ones such as Leaderboards, Friends Quests, Kudos, and the Feed.
Expand the in-app social graph with features like Follow Suggestions and User Search, and strengthen learner identity with Profile and Avatars.
Supervise teams, set strategies and roadmap, and manage other managers.
Balance product innovation, feature iteration, and engineering excellence.
Guide scalable, high-quality system design and make technical decisions.
Experience required in leading software engineering teams and setting technical direction, including managing managers and mentoring leaders.
Background in rapid-growth, consumer-facing, data-driven companies preferred.
Strong communication skills and ability to work effectively in ambiguous, fast-paced environments.
Salary range between $240,000 and $432,000 USD, excluding equity and benefits.

Engineering Director, Social Full Description

Our mission at Duolingo is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. It’s a big mission, and that’s where you come in!

At Duolingo, you’ll join a team that cares about finding innovative solutions to complex technical problems, running countless experiments (300+ at a time!) with our massive user base to make data-driven decisions, and educating our users and employees alike. You’ll have limitless learning opportunities, mentorship and collaboration with world-class minds, and a variety of projects with large scopes — while doing work that’s both fun and meaningful.

Join our life-changing mission to develop education for our half a billion (and growing!) learners around the world.

About the role

As an Engineering Director at Duolingo, you'll have the unique opportunity to shape the future of language learning by leading a talented team of engineers in developing innovative solutions. This role combines strategic thinking, technical skill, and team leadership, requiring you to oversee project management, drive technical direction, and foster a culture of collaboration and growth.

Social Area:

You'll be an engineering lead of the newly created Social Area within our user growth organization, focused on solving one of the hardest problems for our learners: staying motivated. Your teams will build new social features and improve existing ones like Leaderboards, Friends Quests, Kudos, and the Feed; grow the in-app social graph (e.g. Follow Suggestions, User Search); and strengthen learner identity (e.g. Profile and Avatars).

You will...

Supervise teams under the Social Area to help drive strategies and roadmap
Develop and manage other managers
Balance ambitious 0->1 product innovations, thoughtful iteration on existing features, and engineering excellence work
Provide guidance on scalable, high-quality system design and technical decision

You have...

Experience developing and leading software engineering teams and setting technical direction
Consistent track record managing managers and mentoring technical leaders
Extensive experience in rapid-growth, consumer-facing, data-driven companies
Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively in ambiguous, fast-paced, and unstructured settings
Excellent written and verbal communication skills

We post a multi-level salary range for all of our roles.

This is not inclusive of the rest of our awesome portfolio that includes equity compensation and world-class benefits. Our salary ranges are the same for all US locations. Your recruiter can share more details about the range for a specific level during the hiring process. The actual salary within the range is determined by many factors including but not limited to, skills, experience, education, and internal equity.

Salary Range:

$240,000—$432,000 USD

Take a peek at how we care for our employees' holistic well-being with our benefits here.

We will do everything we can within reason to make sure that your interview takes place in an environment that fairly and accurately assesses your skills. If you need assistance or accommodation, please contact accommodations@duolingo.com.

Duolingo is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

By applying for this position your data will be processed as per the Duolingo Applicant Privacy Notice.

Original Job Description

Our mission at Duolingo is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. It’s a big mission, and that’s where you come in!

Join our life-changing mission to develop education for our half a billion (and growing!) learners around the world.

About the role

Social Area:

You'll be an engineering lead of the newly created Social Area within our user growth organization, focused on solving one of the hardest problems for our learners: staying motivated. Your teams will build new social features and improve existing ones like Leaderboards, Friends Quests, Kudos, and the Feed; grow the in-app social graph (e.g. Follow Suggestions, User Search); and strengthen learner identity (e.g. Profile and Avatars).

You will...

Supervise teams under the Social Area to help drive strategies and roadmap
Develop and manage other managers
Balance ambitious 0->1 product innovations, thoughtful iteration on existing features, and engineering excellence work
Provide guidance on scalable, high-quality system design and technical decision

You have...

Experience developing and leading software engineering teams and setting technical direction
Consistent track record managing managers and mentoring technical leaders
Extensive experience in rapid-growth, consumer-facing, data-driven companies
Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively in ambiguous, fast-paced, and unstructured settings
Excellent written and verbal communication skills

We post a multi-level salary range for all of our roles.

Salary Range:

$240,000—$432,000 USD

Take a peek at how we care for our employees' holistic well-being with our benefits here.

By applying for this position your data will be processed as per the Duolingo Applicant Privacy Notice.

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